Ironing-board.



PATENTRD MAR. 5, 1907. E. W. HARRIS, W. BRB'MBR & N. RASMUSSEN.

IRONING BOARD.

PPLIOATION FILED ooT.2. 1905.

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ELMER W. HARRIS, WILLIAM BREMER, AND NELS RASMUSSEN, OF CEDAR FALLS,IOWA, ASSIGNORS TO HARRIS & COLE BROS. INC., OF CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, ACORPORATION OF IOWA.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907'.

Application flied October 2, 1905. Serial No. 280,944.

To @ZZ '1l/7mm, t may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELMER W. HARRIS, WILLIAM BREMER, and NELsRAsMUssnN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cedar Falls, inthe county of Blackhawk and i State of Iowa, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards and we`do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

Our invention has for its object to provide an improved ironing-boardhaving greater stability and other features of improvements which willhereinafter appear.

To these ends the invention consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Figures l and 2 are side elevations showing the preferred form of ourimproved board set up for use, said two views indicating differentadjustments thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the improved board,showing the same folded; and Fig. 1l is a bottom plan view of the foldeddevice.

The numeral 1 indicates the ironing-board proper, on the under surfaceof which is a pair of laterally-spaced longitudinally-extended notchedlock-bars 2. As shown, the lock-bars 2 terminate at their right-handends as viewed in the drawings a very considerable distance inward ofthe right-hand end of the board 1. A considerable distance from itsleft-hand end the board l is provided on its under surface with arigidly secured transversely-extended bar 3, which is formed at itsouter ends with trunnion-like projections 4. A pair of laterally-spacedlong legs 5 are pivoted on the trunnions 4, and just outward thereof asecond pair of legs 6 are pivoted at their upper ends on the saidtrunnions 4. A third pair of legs 7 are pivoted at their intermediateportions to the intermediate portions of the long legs 5. The legs 6 and7 are approximately of the same length and are relatively short ascompared with the legs 5. The legs 6 are rigidly connected by a tie-rodSand by crossed slats 9. The legs 7 are rigidly connected near theirlower ends by a tie-rod l0 and are rigidly connected at their upper endsby a tierod 11. The long legs 5 are rigidly connected near their lowerends by a tie-rod-12. A pair of laterally-spaced links 13, pivoted attheir ends on the tie-rods 8 and l0, connectthe lower ends of the legs 7to the intermediate portions of the legs 6. The tie-rod 11 is adapted tobe engaged with the notches of the lock-bars 2 to hold the three pairsof legs in any set position with respect to each other and with respectto the board 1. The extreme adjustments are indicated in Figs. 1 and Thelinks I3 and the three pairs of legs form an adjustable parallelogramand connect the said legs so that the legs 6 and 7 will always remainparallel and the legs 5 and links 13 will remain parallel under alladjustments of the parts. This construction also, therefore7 provides anarrangement in which the lower ends of the three pairs of legs willterminate in the same plane, and hence will bear upon the floor underall adjustments of the parts.

Fig. l shows the legs 6 and 7 turned into vertical positions to supportthe board l in its highest position, while Fig. 2 shows the legsadjusted so as to throw the board l to its lowest position. Thisarrangement provides siX supports for the board and ties the severalsupports together in such a way that they brace each other and veryfirmly support the board 1. Furthermore, by reference to Fig. l it willbe seen that 'when the parts are adjusted as therein shown approximatelyone-half of the board 1 is projected clear of and beyond the legs 7,while the long legs 5 engage the floor nearly as far out as theprojecting end of the board 1. This arrangement affords a support whichwill prevent the projecting end of the board from tilting downward underpressure thereon, and the long projection of the board per Initsskirtsand various other articles to be slipped over the end of the board forthe purpose of ironing.

The several pairs of legs and the several parts described are so relatedthat they Inay be folded together, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. When thusfolded, the several pairs of legs are adapted to be locked to the boardl by means of a turn-button 14, pivoted to the IOO under side of saidboard and engageable with i 3. The combination With an ironing-'boardtlsie tileroc l2 at the free ends of the legs 5. il liafvingyaf:notchedfloollbar1 21depe1ndin5g ee 10. C 'l 1ere' reinI o' a pairo're a ive y one' egs What, We clarin, and `desire to secure by t andapair or relatively short legs 6, ptivotally Letters Patent oi theUnited States, is as folconnected to said board l at eorninon pivotallows: points the second pair of relatively short l. An ironing-boardhaving three pairs of l legs 7 Jcrossed with and pivotally connectedpivotally-eonneeted supporting-legs, all of r to said long legs 5 andhaving at their upper which are'arranged to engage with the loor, endsthe tie-rod l1, engageable with said two of which pairs are connectedlor parallel notched bar 2, and the link 13 connecting movementsy andfor angular movements with r said legs 6 and 7 for parallel movementsand respect to the third pair ollegs, substantially r for angularmovements with respect to said as described. l legs 5 substantially asdescribed.

2. The eonibination with an ironing-board, L7In testimony whereof wealliX our ysignao'f two pairs oi' legs pivotally connected therei turesin presence of two witnesses. to a third pair of leos crossed with andpivil otally connected tooone of the aiorenoted l pairs of legs, and alink pivotally connecting NELS PASM-USSEN the iirst two pairs of theaforenoted legs for l parallel movements and for angular 1novements withrespect to the third pair of legs, substantially as described. l

Witnesses ALFRED GRUNDY, M G. HARRIS.

